Imamoglu said support for the opposition had been growing in a sign of public demand for change and growing fatigue with Erdogan's rule -- a sentiment which the government will struggle to contain.
Officials said fragments that fell in the Dortyol district in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border, had been identified as pieces of the interceptor used to neutralise "the threat in the air".
Turkish adventurism in Syria has also raised a serious question mark over whether the Kurds in Turkey will be able to move forward with their plans to create a legitimate political space there.